Michigan Left (acoustic) Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays432

Michigan Left (acoustic) by Arkells is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E5, G, C, Em, Am and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			 


   E5 
e|--X--| 
B|--5--| 
G|--4--| 
D|--2--|   
A|--X--|  
E|--X--| 


Intro  G C Em G x2 


G          C               Em    G 
Driving to work, I had the radio on,  
G       C           Em           G 
Only to hear Curtis Granderson's gone. 
  G            C    Em       G    
Reminders they come in empty lots,  
G     C          Em         G 
sixty-seven took these city blocks. 


       Am          G         E5   D 
Can we meet in the middle?   Woah-Oh 
      Am         G         E5   D 
Can I turn you around?   
              Am     G          E5   D 
I said, "let's talk a little    Woah-Oh 
           Am     G          E5   D 
and we can go downtown." 
     C     G       E5   D 
Decorations        Woah-Oh 
         C    G       E5   D 
won't be wasted, oh no 
        C    G     E5       D 
I'll be taking any beauty I see 
         C     G               E5   D 
And I'll try to give it to ya. 


G C Em G x2 


G         C         Em    G 
Let's not hear that story again,  
G          C        Em       G 
One that's drilled in to our heads. 
G         C    Em             G 
I'll hold dear neighbours and friends,  
G        C    Em       G 
Who hold dear ideas of dissent. 


       Am          G         E5   D 
Can we meet in the middle?   Woah-Oh 
      Am         G        E5   D 
Can I turn you around?   
              Am     G          E5   D 
I said, "let's talk a little    Woah-Oh 
           Am     G          E5   D 
and we can go downtown." 
     C     G       E5   D 
Decorations        Woah-Oh 
         C    G       E5   D 
won't be wasted, oh no 
        C    G     E5       D 
I'll be taking any beauty I see 
         C     G               E5   D 
And I'll try to give it to ya. 


G    C G   E5 D   C G                 ~~little riff/solo over this~~ 


G        C         Em          G 
I was confused the day that we met,  
G          C            Em       G 
All I kept hearing was "Michigan Left". 
      G       C                 Em       G 
Those old nicknames, they don't make any sense 
        G          C       Em    G 
He said let me explain... 


     C     G       E5   D 
Decorations        Woah-Oh 
         C    G       E5   D 
won't be wasted, oh no 
        C    G     E5       D 
I'll be taking any beauty I see 
         C     G               E5   D 
And I'll try to give it to ya. 

     C     G       E5          D 
Decorations        Woah        Oh 
            (Can we meet in the middle!) 
         C    G        E5       D 
won't be wasted, oh no 
                (Can I turn you around!) 
        C    G     E5       D 
I'll be taking any beauty I see 
         C     G                           E5     D 
And I'll try to give it to ya. 
                              (I said lets talk a little bit!) 

C  G  E5  D x2 

G    C G    C G    C G    ~~listen for the timing of this in the youtube link at the end of the video~~ 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante